The Moon Endureth
 First edition 1912 | |
| Author | John Buchan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story and poetry collection |
| Set in | Various |
| Publisher | W Blackwood & Sons[1] |
Publication date | 1912[1] |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 324[1] |
The Moon Endureth, subtitled 'Tales and Fancies', is a 1912 short story and poetry collection by the Scottish author John Buchan.[2]
Title
[edit]In an introduction to the collection Buchan quotes from an article on St Francis in Lives of the Saints: "To the righteous is promised abundance of peace while the moon endureth". Psalms 72:7 in the King James Version has "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth".
Content
[edit]The collection includes the following short stories and poems. The stories Streams of Water in the South and The Rime of True Thomas were reprinted from a former collection, Grey Weather. The remaining tales had all previously appeared in Blackwood's Magazine.[3]
- From the Pentlands Looking North and South (poem)
- I. The Company of the Marjolaine (short story)
- "Avignon" (poem)
- II. A Lucid Interval (short story)
- "The Shorter Catechism" (poem)
- III. The Lemnian (short story)
- "Atta's Song" (poem)
- IV. Space (short story)
- "Stocks and Stones" (poem)
- V. Streams of Water in the South (short story)
- "The Gipsy's Song to the Lady Cassilis" (poem)
- VI. The Grove of Ashtaroth (short story)
- "Wood Magic" (poem)
- VII. The Riding of Ninemileburn (short story)
- "Plain Folk" (poem)
- VIII. The Kings of Orion (short story)
- "Babylon" (poem)
- IX. The Green Glen (short story)
- "The Wise Years" (poem)
- X. The Rime of True Thomas (short story)
Critical reception
[edit]In its review of the first edition The Athenaeum noted "a marked leaning towards the mysterious and bizarre". The collection was said to show "considerable imagination, and occasionally a touch of delicate satire".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Buchan, John (1912). The Moon Endureth. W Blackwood & Sons. British Library catalogue entry
- ^ Hathi catalogue entry. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Athenaeum review quoted in Lownie, Andrew (2013). John Buchan: The Presbyterian Cavalier. Thistle Publishing. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-1909609990.
External links
[edit]- The Moon Endureth—Tales and Fancies at Faded Page (Canada)
The Moon Endureth public domain audiobook at LibriVox
